Over 70 Corpses Discovered With Their Throats Slit During Liberation Of Damasak

According to a report by Reuters, soldiers from Niger and Chad who liberated the town of Damasak in Borno from Boko Haram militants discovered the bodies of at least 70 people, many with their throats slit, scattered under a bridge.

In what appeared to be an execution site for the Islamist group, the bodies were strewn beneath the concrete bridge on one of the main roads leading out of the town. At least one was decapitated. The bodies were partially mummified by the dry desert air, while grass has began to grow around the corpses, suggesting that the killings had taken place some time ago.

Damasak was seized by the Islamist group in November but recaptured by troops from Niger and Chad on Saturday as part of a multinational effort to wipe out the militants.

Chadian soldiers, who said the bodies were discovered on Thursday, spoke of at least 100 corpses in the area around the dry river bed. A Reuters witness was able to count at least 70.

A strong smell of decomposition in many parts of town suggested there could be more bodies concealed there, the Reuters witness said.

A trail of blackened blood was visible along the side of the bridge facing the bodies, suggesting they had been thrown off the side after being killed. Among the dead was the imam of the town.

All but around 50 of the town’s residents had fled by the time Damasak was recaptured. Those who remained were mostly too old or too sick to leave.
















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Posted: at 21-03-2015 08:50 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero

So terrifying

Posted: at 21-03-2015 09:34 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Ol dis in Nigeria?

Posted: at 21-03-2015 10:19 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie

hummm

Posted: at 22-03-2015 05:30 AM (9 years ago) | Hero

AMEN!!!

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Posted: at 22-03-2015 09:18 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac

AMEN

Posted: at 22-03-2015 01:16 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie

This is genocide

Posted: at 22-03-2015 08:10 PM (9 years ago) | Hero

WATER DE FALL FROM MY EYES AS I READ THROUGH THIS. IMAGINE HUMAN BEING SLAUGHTERING FELLOW HUMAN BEING JUST FOR THE SAKE OF RELIGION OR WHAT FOR. HUMAN BEING YOU SLAUGHTER LIKE GOAT. OH NO THIS IS NOT IN NIGERIA THAT WE KNOW FOR PEACE ALL OVER THE WORLD

Posted: at 24-03-2015 10:17 AM (9 years ago) | Newbie